Parliamentary elections were held in
Austria
Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...
on 9 November 1930. The
Social Democratic Workers' Party emerged as the largest faction in the
National Council, with 72 of the 165 seats, but the
Christian Social Party (with 66 seats) formed a new coalition government with
Otto Ender as Chancellor. Voter turnout was 90%.
[Nohlen & Stöver, p213]
This was the last parliamentary election to take place in the period of the
First Austrian Republic
The First Austrian Republic (), officially the Republic of Austria, was created after the signing of the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye on 10 September 1919—the settlement after the end of World War I which ended the Habsburg rump state of ...
. A
series of socialist-fascist clashes in 1934 was followed by the authoritarian
Federal State of Austria
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and eventual
Anschluss
The (, or , ), also known as the (, ), was the annexation of the Federal State of Austria into Nazi Germany on 12 March 1938.
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in 1938 with
Nazi Germany
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.
Results
Results by province
References
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Austria
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Legislative
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Legislative elections in Austria
Austria
Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...